Beginning this fall the library will offer additional support to all subject areas at Fenn with a Library Integration model. We are hoping these sessions will work as well for faculty as the Technology Integration model has worked over the last several years.

Our first meetings:

November 4th: 2:15 - 3:15: English & Social Studies Library Integration and 3:15 -4:15: Arts Library Integration
November 18th: 3:15 - 4:15 Science Library Integration
December 9th: Math Library Integration
Spanish and Latin Departments to meet at a mutually agreeable time
  • Questions and brainstorming from members of your departments
  • New teaching and learning Web 2.0 tool: Wikis

Information R/evolution
"A video from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Kansas State University and the students participating in his Digital Ethnography group. This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.



This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively."--Michael Welsh

Web 2.0: A Brief Introduction


Wikis (a Web 2.0 tool, but different from a Blog)


An example of how to use a wiki:


For a detailed description of What is a wiki? go to Classroom 2.0 Wikis

A Wiki Walk-Through, from TeachersFirst. A great tutorial about what a wiki is, why to use wikis in education, and how to use wikis in education.

Wiki: A Web 2.0 Learning Tool
Teacher: Gary Miller
Location: Rapid City, SD
Description: This wiki is used for teacher inservices, to teach Web 2.0 to students and for personal learning.

To set up an Educator wiki at Wikispaces: Help for K-12 Educators
Wikispaces Tour

Wikispaces Tutorial

Examples of Wikis -- These examples (and many more) are listed on Educational wikis


Middle School Study Skills
Adult Literacy Tutor Wiki
Lower
School
Cyber Chickens
Teacher: Jan Abernethy (Blog)
School: Greenville Area School District, East Elementary
Description: A wikispace to showcase the work of a 5th grade class in Greenville, PA
What is Democracy? Ancient Greece

Goodwin 5th grade class
Middle School
CodeBlue
Teacher: Kim Cofino (Teacher Blog)
School: Mont'Kiara International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Description: Grade 6 students learning about the human body open their own "online medical clinic."

Upper School
Collaboration Nation
Teacher: Paul Bogush (Class Blog -- Teacher Blog)
School: Moran Middle School CT, USA
Description: Grade 8 wiki for my 19th Century US History Class. We are always looking to collaborate with other schools. We are very flexible on topics. Stop by and let us know what you are interested in collaborating on!!
We Didn't Start the Fire: Part Deux!

Shanghai American School Asian History Wiki
Language Arts
BookleadsWiki-Reading Resources
Teacher/Librarian: Joyce Valenza
(NeverEnding Search Blog)
School: Springfield Township High School
Description: Resources for promoting reading
Topic: books, reading, libraries

Book Discussion wiki(Elementary/Middle)
Wiki: Comic Life Meets the Curriculum (and Beyond!)
Teacher(s): Marilee Sarlitto & Judith Epcke
School(s): Kildeer School, IL & Northbrook District 28
Description: This wiki is a place for resources, ideas, and templates for using Comic Life software by plasq. If you know of additional links we should add or have any questions about Comic Life, please contact us!

Math and Science
Boston Ecosystems - Deer Island Tidepools
Science Inquirer
Mr. Ferrell's Final 6th grade Math Review
Math247
Arts and Athletics
Art4Cast - Elementary School
Designspace - Photography
Youth Wiki - Ceramics Gallery
Baseball Reference Bullpen

Classroom Tools and Resources
Class Notes Lesson wiki
Classroom 2.0 Wiki
Teacher: Multiple Teachers
School: Multiple Schools
Description: This site is devoted to building resources for the classroom and professional-development use of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies.
Classroom Google Earth Wiki
Teacher: Tom Barrett (Teacher Blog)
School: Priestsic Primary School, Nottinghamshire, England
Description: I would like this space to be somewhere that allows students, teachers and other colleagues to share classroom based resources and ideas for Google Earth.
The Connected Classroom wiki
Teacher: Kristin Hokanson (Blog)
School: Upper Merion Area High School
Description: Professional Development wiki for teachers with emphasis on developing 21st Century Skills for students.
Cool Tools for Schools
Teacher: Lenva Shearing (Blog)
School: Bucklands Beach Intermediate School, Auckland, New Zealand
Description: A site to help teachers and students find web2.0 tools to suit

NEWSFLASH:

Google's SearchWiki